Central Electricity Generating Board 0-4-0ST No. 1 'Castle Donington'
Butterley, Derbyshire, UK 		Location: Midland Railway - Butterley
Status: Display
Posted: Jul 10, 2024 @ 10:07:05 by Russell Newman
The former Central Electricity Generating Board Robert Stephenson & Hawthorn 0-4-0ST Works No. 7817 "Castle Donington No. 1", is currently on static display in the museum shed at the Midland Railway - Butterley, while awaiting overhaul.
Posted: Apr 14, 2019 @ 11:04:59 by Russell Newman
Overhaul work on the former Central Electricity Generating Board Robert Stephenson & Hawthorn 0-4-0ST No. 7817 is under way as it is hoped the locomotive will return to service soon.
Posted: Jul 1, 2012 @ 16:07:41 by Steve Frost
This little loco was built at the South Street works of Robert Stephenson and Hawthorns in Newcastle upon Tyne. South Street, or Forth Banks works, was the first purpose-built locomotive works in the world, and the place where 'Locomotion' and 'Rocket' were built.

So, it comes from a works with a great pedigree reaching back to 1823. But that's not its claim to fame. It worked at Castle Donington Power Station until 1990, which makes it the last working steam locomotive in British industry. Mind you, the power station itself only lasted until 1994 and has been demolished.